Tom Bisel was taking down the old River City Books sign on the Summa Building in downtown Northfield this afternoon. Tom is the owner of the new Fit to be…
Author: <span>Griff Wigley</span>
I was looking for a photo op of kids getting on a bus for the first day of school yesterday morning but stumbled on a better one: Margit Johnson heading…
While out for a little Shot of Solitude yesterday morning, I came upon a new sign adjacent to the Rec Center parking lot: “Carleton Student Organic Farm – Righteous Food.”…
Many Northfield area blog sites run on WordPress. If your site is one of them, be sure to upgrade to Version 2.8.4 ASAP because there’s a nasty worm making the rounds this weekend:
- WordPress blog: How to Keep WordPress Secure
- Lorelle: Old WordPress Versions Under Attack
- Mashable Social Media Guide: WordPress Attack Underway: WordPress Users Must Upgrade
I wrote to my favorite web host, Tiger Technologies in California, asking them if they knew about it the worm and whether they could tell if any sites had been compromised. The owner, Robert Mathews, wrote me back within a few minutes:
The musical comedy/melodrama Jesse opened last night at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater. A number of those involved with previous shows (1976, 1977, 1986, 1994, 2001) were on hand for…
Today’s Northfield News has a story titled, Community Resource Bank move on hold. In July, the paper ran a story titled, Bank moving south on Division, and included a photo with the caption “The building at 618 Division St., pictured here in 2008 with co-owner Randy Lutz, will soon be the new home to the downtown Community Resource Bank.” A July 31 editorial stated “An opportunity arose this week in the form of Community Resource Bank deciding to relocate to the Phoenix Building at 618 Division St.” (continued)
I was stunned to see this Strib photo accompanying the story on pre-Vikings game partying, titled Party Purple. The text with the photo includes: "Cindy Bradley whetted patrons’, Jason Staads,…
I took these photos earlier this week. The moon wasn’t quite full but full enough for my camera. And blogger Christopher Tassava has a post from a week ago titled…
I spoke with Northfield Supt. Chris Richardson this morning. He’ll have a statement on the District’s web site around noon, basically stating that the District is leaving it up to the classrooms teachers on whether or not to show President Obama’s speech to students live, recorded, or not at all. I think that’s the best approach, unlike the recommendation from Northfielder Charlie Kyte, executive director of the Minnesota Association of School Administrators, to show the speech later. I’m hoping teachers show it live, as events are always more compelling when they’re live. I still remember watching President Kennedy’s inaugural address live as an 8th grader. I suppose others remember President George H.W. Bush’s speech to students in 1991.